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Time around the Spanish stall (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delay

'stall' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'time around the spanish' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'day' (day is a kind of time**).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'the spanish' becomes 'el'.
'day' placed around 'el' is 'DELAY'.

(Other definitions for delay that I've seen before include "Hold-up, time lag" , "Postpone, defer" , "Postponement" , "Linger - slow down - put off" , "Put off; pause" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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